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Oil Rig Manager Does Not Qualify As Foreign Resident

by admin | Feb 4, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes Feb 4th, 2015 One of my more antediluvian attitudes, which I find quite embarrassing, is a tendency to think of certain jobs as, well, manly, even though I am quite aware that they can be performed by women, who do not...

An Awesome Critique Of The Prison Industrial Complex By One Who Knows It Well

by admin | Feb 3, 2015 | Kent Hovind

The Kennel by Elijah Green is a brilliant send-up of the prison industrial complex. It is short, just 41 pages. The work is divided into two parts. The first is a parable or allegory. Elijah walking along the road notices a large fenced in area with the sign...

Repair Regs And Tax Pros Are Like Headlights And Deer

by admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes Feb 2nd, 2015 Thanks to the new repair regulations 2015 is shaping up to be the worst tax season ever. I’ve been looking at and thinking about this issue for years as various versions of the regulations were issued...

Don’t Use The IRS To Address Koch Political Spending

by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Sometimes I think that if the Koch brothers didn’t exist, progressives would have to invent them. My varied interests and love of the fringe give me a facebook feed that would cause a well balanced person’s brain to...

A Free Kent Hovind Might Have Backing For A Bigger Better Dinosaur Theme Park

by admin | Jan 27, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Last week, I wrote about my interview with Kent Hovind, Doctor Dino, a leading light in the field of Young Earth Creationism. Kent is nearing the end of a long federal prison sentence related to the tax issues of Creation Science...

Moneygram Loses Big In Tax Court And Nobody Seems To Care

by admin | Jan 26, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The first regular Tax Court decision of the year Moneygram International, Inc. & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner has not attracted much attention. The case has some big dollars and perhaps a breath of scandal. The issue –...